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We had no idea that there was a museum next door to the Hope and Glory Inn. We like to explore and learn about the history in the area wherever we travel. So finding this museum on Steamboats was a lovely surprise. Not very big in size but big in content. We found the displays to be very interesting and...
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This may be a small museum, but it offers a lot to visitors! Whether you're interested in history, ships, personal interest stories, entertainment at the turn of the last century, or the culture that developed around the Chesapeake Bay, this museum is worth seeing. Steamboats played a major role in carrying cargo, mail and people up and down the Chesapeake...
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We really enjoyed visiting this museum and learning about the steamboats that plied the Chesapeake around the turn of the century. They have a map to begin the museum to show you all the stops that the steamboats made, they have marvelous models of steamboats and a boat yard. They also explain other facets of the steamboats: the canneries that...
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This is a top notch museum dedicated to the little known history of steamboats on the Chesapeake Bay. Back in the day they were the prime means of transportation up, down, and across the bay for passengers. livestock, and cargo. What the steam engine train was for the interior of the country, the steamboat was for communities around the bay,...
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I really enjoyed my visit to this ambitious and beautiful little museum. The handcrafted models of ships, wharves, and shipyards are exquisite. The short film at the beginning of the tour is educational and professionally produced. Overall, the museum does a superb job of presenting a slice of American history which has come & gone, and a form of transportation...
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From the outside you wouldn’t expect this museum to be as entertaining and informative as it is. It gives a big, sweeping overview of this important era to the region, and does a darn good job of it.
The video is a nice start to your tour. The main room features the current exhibits, which were aptly referenced on their...
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We visited the Steamboat Era Museum in Irvington, VA, for the first time in two years, and found very complete displays presenting the amazing history of steamboat commerce on the Chesapeake Bay. In the century before highways and bridges connected the cities, communities, and farms around the Bay, hundreds of these steamboats carried passengers and cargo up and down the...
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I'd been to the SEM several times two to five years ago and, while it was ok it did not really grab my interest. There was too little to see and what was there was not well presented. In fact, it didn't feel like a museum at all. It felt like a conglomeration of old stuff from someone's attic which...
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